Digital Promise

APRIL 6, 2021

So we—a small group of researchers and educators—decided to collaboratively design our own solution to support teacher-leaders in Appalachian Kentucky. So we—a small group of researchers and educators—decided to collaboratively design our own solution to support teacher-leaders in Appalachian Kentucky. A bit of Appalachian ingenuity.

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Shake Up Learning

MARCH 16, 2021

The post Blended Learning with Google Toolkit for Teachers – SULS0101 appeared first on Shake Up Learning. In this episode, I share The Blended Learning with Google Toolkit, a free download to help teachers create dynamic, blended learning experiences for students with Google tools. Click To Tweet.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 11, 2023

However, besides note taking, Evernote also provides access to a wide variety of interesting features that can tremendously enhance students learning. In today’s post, I am sharing with you 10 practical ways students can use Evernote to enhance their learning experiences.

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Edsurge

JULY 6, 2020

The maker kits were provided courtesy of Digital Promise, an education technology nonprofit, which saw these events as “a great vehicle to introduce teachers to making,” says Josh Weisgrau, its director of learning experience design. Edcamp events offered teachers a voice in what they would learn. There is no preset schedule or agenda.

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Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2020

We find no one with a professional knowledge in the laws of learning, or the techniques for applying them,” he wrote. There are widespread beliefs about the best way to teach and learn that have been proven wrong by science, yet they persist. This story was published in partnership with The Moonshot Catalog. But at a university? “We

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

The toolkit below is packed with practical resources full of new approaches and best practices to help educators at all grade levels prepare their classes for upcoming state tests. Assessment For Learning. Read our blog to learn about our research, as well as approaches that help students get the most out of their online practice.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 29, 2017

Digital Promise was created to address this gap, accelerating innovation in education and expanding learning opportunities. In combination with Verizon Innovative Learning Schools , participating middle schools have “always-available access to technology,” which improves learning and allows participation.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 12, 2016

30+ ideas to improve learning with awesome classroom design From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. A well-designed classroom boosts student learning by as much as 16% (Barrett, Zhang, Davies, & Barrett 2015), but overdecorating is a distraction. Classroom Design Research and White Papers.

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Edsurge

APRIL 10, 2020

As the parent of a preschooler, and a researcher aiming to identify effective strategies to support the emotional well-being of early childhood professionals, I feel sadness, grief and confusion during this pandemic. She and everyone at my daughter’s early learning center are part of our family. But I also feel hope and admiration.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 21, 2022

First, let’s look at the research of why back to school activities are so important to us teachers. Remote learning, the toll of illness and death, and disruptions to a dependable routine have left students academically behind — particularly students of color and those from poor families. Advancement Courses Tournament of Teachers.

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NeverEndingSearch

OCTOBER 30, 2019

I am here to help learners understand that when they ask questions, they have a rich search toolkit available to them and that toolkit reaches beyond one big search engine and that that toolkit offers them access to databases containing high-quality ebooks, magazines and newspapers and scholarly journals and primary sources and media of all sorts.

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Edsurge

JULY 20, 2017

Designing online learning experiences is essential to training employees, mobilizing customers, serving students, building marketing channels, and sustaining business models. Most people with “instructional design” in their job title are involved in converting “traditional” written curriculum or in-person teaching into an online course.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 7, 2022

Free Educator Wellness Toolkit. Go to coolcatteacher.com/wellness and download your free educator wellness toolkit from Advancement Courses. With over 280 courses to choose from, Advancement Course offers subjects in everything from educator wellness to social-emotional learning and more. Stream by clicking here.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 13, 2018

Leah LaCrosse shares six edtech ideas science teachers can start using today to improve learning and excite students about science. Legends of Learning has an amazing game based science experiences for students in 3-8 aligning with Next Generation Science and select state standards. Listen Now. Listen to the show on iTunes or Stitcher.

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eSchool News

MAY 23, 2016

Continuing its commitment to prevent summer slide, myON, a business unit of Capstone and provider of personalized literacy solutions in the K-12 marketplace, announced the start of its fifth annual summer reading challenge, “ Get in the Game and Read! ”. Last year, 4.5 million students nationwide read 4,732,169 books over summer vacation.

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Graphite Blog

JANUARY 17, 2018

In my first-grade classroom, a third of my students were learning English as a second language. In my first-grade classroom, a third of my students were learning English as a second language. My students loved having subtitles on during short videos because it gave them more opportunities to interact with and learn from the content.

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MindShift

AUGUST 23, 2021

As we reflect on the experience of learning during COVID, a big question looms: What will schools look like after the pandemic? In the first, schools seek to return to “normal” and resume the familiar rhythms of teaching and learning much as they were before the COVID disruption. Unfortunately, both scenarios are problematic.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 24, 2020

More than one in five college students are parents , according to the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, and some 42 percent of them attend community colleges. “No matter how much I studied, I was failing,” Hernandez said, recalling the pediatric and medical-surgical care course that almost felled her. “I I was just so frustrated.”.

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NeverEndingSearch

JULY 5, 2017

The professionals we spoke with described a process in which they began by collecting or gathering; moved to connecting content and resources for specific purposes and audiences; curated by adding value with context and commentary; and contributed by offering the community opportunities for collaboration, learning and growth. Curating OER.

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NeverEndingSearch

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

It’s happened to all of us– we’re at school trying to access the perfect website for a learning activity at school and… it’s blocked. Develop a toolkit for school leaders. Conduct research to explore the educational uses of social media platforms and assess the impact of filtering in schools.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Today is the final day of The Emergency Home Learning (& More) Summit. These are an incredible repository of great thinking about teaching and learning. We've had 320 sessions and 25 special interviews over the course of two months. If you buy the pass by the end of the day today, you'll save $50, since the price goes up tomorrow.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

The Emergency Home Learning (& More) Summit concludes tomorrow! These are an incredible repository of great thinking about teaching and learning. And tomorrow is the last day to purchase the all-access Summit "library" pass at $99, allowing you to be able to watch any of the 300 talks and interviews on your own time and forever.

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NeverEndingSearch

OCTOBER 3, 2017

We are all about becoming empowered leaders who transform teaching and learning. And, while there are so many wonderful ways to inspire authentic, hands-on learning by doing, some of us feel a very strong pressure to radically transform already effective programs and spaces for a prescribed and limited vision of making.

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Fractus Learning

APRIL 1, 2015

Learning Culture. Based on twelve years of research, she argues that vulnerability is not weakness, but rather our clearest path to courage, engagement, and meaningful connection. The Element is the point at which natural talent meets personal passion. Now all of these are exceptional reads. They are in no particular order.

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iLearn Technology

JANUARY 9, 2017

What if we took kids on learning excursions every week? Our goal isn’t to show you all of the latest and greatest apps that you can use in your classroom (although you’ll likely learn about some new ones while your here). I would love to see a school who actually implemented _, instead of just talking about it.”

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MindShift

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

Classroom educators know better than anyone else how much of learning is built on the strength of relationships in the room. When students like and trust their teacher, they learn better. They know those factors often hinder teachers’ ability to form relationships. ’ Patrick Cook-Deegan, co-director Project Wayfinder.

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MindShift

JUNE 8, 2017

Participating in School Retool was transformative for Carlin, who not only got to try some quick generic hacks, but also had the experience of implementing a small change idea, learning from it and building momentum incrementally. No one knows how to do that just off the top of their head,” Carlin said. SCHOOL RETOOL.

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Neo LMS

AUGUST 2, 2018

I therefore thought that a definitive quick reference guide to the major players, with a brief description would be a handy resource for our readers. CoSN positions itself as the only national professional association dedicated exclusively to education technology leaders working to transform learning. I hope you agree. Level: K12.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 23, 2023

In this comprehensive guide, I’ve categorized a selection of key search engines for teachers and educators into various categories, each tailored to meet specific needs within the educational landscape. Department of Education, ERIC is ideal for finding educational research and policy papers.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

I implemented writing reflections to help students recall their feedback from prior assignments and collaborated with a colleague to develop a teacher guided peer review system, which eventually yielded an app called Floop that made the peer review data visible and simpler to manage. The other mom looked sympathetic. “Oh,

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MindShift

MARCH 3, 2016

Perez asked an audience at a Learning and the Brain conference on mindsets. Perez says teachers must be prepared for a diverse cross section of learners with a large toolkit of strategies for teaching in multiple modalities, with many entry points to participation and content. And everyone, including the teacher, has more fun. “If

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MAY 5, 2015

In the previous literacy posts in this series I identified a few guiding questions that stem from the research: Do students understand the real point of academic reading? Do students understand that the aim of instruction is transfer of learning? Such bits of learning can lead to absurd lessons.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MAY 5, 2015

In the previous literacy posts in this series I identified a few guiding questions that stem from the research: Do students understand the real point of academic reading? Do students understand that the aim of instruction is transfer of learning? Such bits of learning can lead to absurd lessons.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Because a large proportion of newcomers are school-aged children, American schools will be essential in welcoming these newcomers, as we have learned as public health researchers studying the adjustment and wellbeing of refugees from the Middle East and North Africa. Although our participants in Detroit; Chicago; Harrisonburg, Va.;

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Edsurge

APRIL 29, 2019

But perhaps the most important skills kids learn at Beam are empathy, communication and self-expression. Susan Crown Beam’s emphasis on youth development in conjunction with technical learning is one reason it was chosen to partner in the collaboration behind the recently published Reclaiming Digital Futures toolkit.

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MindShift

JUNE 8, 2016

She’s learned to think of this approach as “going at the pace of the learning,” a phrase she heard from Akiko Takahashi, an expert in lesson study. Buljan no longer rushes to cover everything in the pacing guide. When she turned back to the struggling student, he had solved his issue.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 4, 2018

Elearning design needs to engage and persuade the learner to know how to engage with the content and learning. Dr. Laurie Korte talks about e-learning design that engages learners and common mistakes of e-learning and blended learning classrooms. It takes the stress away from their learning environment. Listen Now.

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